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Smuggling is illegal Transport , in particular across a Border . Tax es are avoided; or the goods themselves are illegal; or people are transported to a place where they are not allowed to be. SMUGGLED GOODS AND PEOPLE Illegal Drug Trafficking , and the smuggling of Armament s ( Gunrunning ), as well as the historical staples of smuggling, Alcohol and Tobacco , are widespread. With regard to People Smuggling we can distinguish a service they desire and for which they pay, and involuntary trafficking of people. See below. A related topic is illegally passing a border oneself. See also Illegal Immigration and Illegal Emigration . SMUGGLING METHODS With regard to crossing borders we can distinguish Concealment of the whole transport or concealment of just the smuggled goods:
For the related topic of illegally passing a border oneself, another method is with a false Passport (completely fake, or illegally changed, or the passport of a lookalike). See also Mule (smuggling) . PREVENTION One method of defeating smuggling is to legalize the activity the smugglers are undertaking and reducing or eliminating the taxes which the smugglers are avoiding, thus reducing the profit potential and making the smuggling activity uneconomic as the goods would then be available for a lower price via legal channels. HISTORY Smuggling has a long and controversial history, probably dating back to the first time at which duties were imposed in any form. In Britain, smuggling became economically significant at the end of the 18th Century . The high rates of duty levied on wine and spirits, and other luxury goods coming in from mainland Europe at this time made the clandestine import of such goods and the evasion of the duty a highly profitable venture for impoverished fishermen and seafarers. In certain parts of the country such as Cornwall and East Cleveland , the smuggling industry was for many communities more economically significant than legal activities such as farming and fishing. The principal reason for the high duty was the need for the government to finance a number of extremely expensive War s with France and the United States Of America . HUMAN TRAFFICKING See Also: Trafficking in human beings Lately, as many First-world Countries have struggled to contain a rising influx of immigrants, the smuggling of People across national borders has become a lucrative extra-legal activity. Trafficking in human beings, sometimes called human trafficking, or '''sex trafficking''' (as the majority of victims are women or children forced into , other victims include men, women and children forced into manual labor. Due to the illegal nature of trafficking, the exact extent is unknown. A US Government report published in 2003, estimates that 800,000-900,000 people worldwide are trafficked across borders each year. This figure does not include those who are trafficked internally. ETYMOLOGY The word probably comes from the Common Germanic verb ''smeugan'' ( Old Norse ''smjúga'') = "to creep into a hole". SEE ALSO
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